Termite Treatments

Bwize recommend a Inspection be carried out on your home to determine the best Treatment for you and your home. Not all situations need a Chemical Treated Zone and sometimes a Monitoring System is not the best way to prevent a Termite attack. In some cases no treatment is needed, but all houses regardless of Termite prevention should have at least one Timber Pest Inspection per year. At Bwize we just look at the risk to you home and recommend the best prevention plan to reduce the risk of attack. The Bwize team always give you advice to reduce the risk of attack, most of these do not cost a lot and are this that you carry out yourself.                                                         

Chemical Treated Zone

Chemical Treated Zones are not always the only way or needed to help protect you home from Termite attack. Sometimes it is the best form of defence, if your home is at high risk.  Before you decide on Treatment get the Technicians to inspect you home to determine the risk.

So you need a Chemical Treated Zone? -what is a Chemical Treated Zone?

A Chemical Treated Zone, chemical treating the soil around your home to help protect it from Termite attack. Bwize Technicians will trench down 50mm below the footing or at no less than 80mm deep, at least 150mm wide all the way round the parameter of the dwelling. Then back-fill the trench with sand applying the chemical in layers.

So why trench?

Trenching is not only the way the Australian Standards recommend it, it allows for removal of all contaminates such as branches, bricks and other materials that the chemical does not bind with. The sand that we back-fill with is pick to because the chemical binds with it very well and is not dependant on what type of soil is around your home. Bwize will recommend that a non-repellant chemical  should be used for several reasons. Termites cannot tell that the soil is treated and proceed into the treated zone and get affected. The Worker Termite consumes the wood, converting it into cellulose and then by regurgitating the cellulose they feed the rest of the colony, so when a effected Worker feeds the rest of the colony, they pass the poison onto the rest. The 2^nd way the poison gets passed around is grooming. The 3^rd way is that Termites will turn to cannibalism, so Soldiers and other casings that get affected and get eaten, will pass the poison on. The chemical infects the Termite in 2 ways, on contact and by inevitably consuming when feeding. If a repellant chemical is used, the Termites know where the chemical is, so if there is the smallest gap (1/16^th of a inch) in the treated zone the Termite will find it as easy as you find a open door, then move in without getting any poison a start feeding on your home. Where concrete paths/slabs block trenching, it advised to cut away at least 150mm to allow a trench to be dug. Where this option is unpractical or not cost effective, we can drill 12mm holes 150 to 200mm apart and inject chemical under the slab/path.       

Non-repellant chemical

Non-repellant chemicals are the latest and the best chemical in the fight against Termites. When doing a Treated Zone if a repellant chemical is used, and the smallest gap is in the Treated Zone, then the Termites have a window to enter your home and feed on it. Because the Termites can tell where the chemical has been applied, they will come across the chemical and then turn and track near it. Then when the gap is found they will go through. Using a non-repellant is completely different, the Termites are unaware of any chemical in the soil, when foraging they may enter the Treated Zone. When they enter the treated zone the chemical is absorbed buy the Termites and then will die, even if the affected Termites leave the Treated Zone they will die. Termites being social insects, then they come across a sick or still Termite, they will groom them to try to fit their sick friend. Then thought this the poison will be transferred onto the unaffected Termite and so on. Termites have been known to resort to cannibalism and this will transfer the poison on. Like anything about Termites it is a numbers game, if you treat a large number of Termites you go a long way to killing the colony. There are two non-repellant chemicals on the market, Premise and Termidor.  

Monitoring Systems- Piece of Mind Systems

If the risk of attack is not high, Bwize can offer a Monitoring System. There are a number of systems on the market and here a Bwize we are not locked into a supplier contract, so we can offer the best system for your situation and not ours. A Monitoring System allows you to monitor the Termite activity in your yard. We can also determine what species you may have in you grounds. If you have a species that is a threat to your home, we can bait them and control any colony that may be near your home. You can have one of our Specialists monitor and service your system for you or you can self monitor. When you select our full service, we check on the system, bait and service your system for you. If you get a lot of activity we will supply a congregation station and bait the station to control the activity. Plans from a couple of months to whole year are available. A Monitoring System is not only being cost effective but environmentally friendly. With Annual Inspections this system could be right for you. The great things with Bwize’s Monitoring System’s are that you own the system and that it is in fact yours to keep.

Termite Colony Control

Termite colony control is the elimination of a pest Termite colony that could attack your home. This could be done by finding the nest and treating the nest directly. This method is very effective, but not always can be done practically. Sometimes the nest/s that are within the Termites range of attack could be out of your property and therefore the nest cannot always be found. Numbers in the colony can be up to millions of individuals, so treating without directly treating a colony can take time. This varies depending on the size, species, number of nest/sub nest, and whereabouts of the nest/s. To kill a colony of millions remotely, you have to treat a large number of Termites, and if this is will put pressure on the colony. With a large colony if the numbers drop the nest becomes diseased and infested. In some species the Queen can be relocated and if this is done, the ability of that colony to attack is limited and survival rate is low. Ideal conditions are needed and not always found for re-population of the colony.

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